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Boosters, shots for up to 110 million americans who are religion for boosters. now you might want to know parenthetically, i was talking to one of my folks who does polling and national strategy. and he said there is some evidence in one poll -- i wont mention it because im not positive of the number -- i was told this as i was leaving the white house -- this there is an expectation that 30% of the non-vaxers said under no circumstances would i get a vaccination because of the new variant are no...

>> we certainly will. thank you. >> the first confirmed omicron variant reaches the united states, a patient in california testing positive for the new variant wednesday through san francisco testing program, doctors say the person traveled from south africa before a travel ban on the region went into effect on monday. the warehouse reporting wednesday the person is fully vaccinated and experiencing mild symptoms was that individual also quarantining. >> the border crisis, doctor fauci about why...

>> and the cdc is considering stricter guidelines and also tests of getting back. with that of helped if it was in place? >> im not sure. they got off and as soon they became symptomatic, they got tested and it was positive. >> clearly this is something thats already fecund united states. >> thats obvious. all things being considered are under the discussion and i cant make any real statement if and when thats going to happen. >> thank you. dr. fauci, in addition to testing requirements, what ab...

And answer questions. he does have a hard out a little bit after two, so we will get to as many questions as we possibly can. all turned over to dr. fauci. >> thank you very much, john. at some of you may have heard, california and san francisco department of public health and the cdc have confirmed that a recent case of covid-19 among an individual in california was caused by the omicron variant. genomic sequencing was conducted at the university of california in san francisco and at the sequen...

At all. we are constantly told that politicians are making decisions based on the science and, yet, it really seems they are making really gross political decisions that restrict civil liberties that have no relationship to the science. we dont know that much about the omicron variant other than its silly we are calling it that out of deference to xi in china. >> bret: letter in the greek alphabet. >> out of deference to the chinese leader even though we are not doing anything to actually deal w...

Quarantine idea in the lead of that "the washington post" story? maybe its a trial balloon to see how it goes over on shows like this? but, even as you reread those paragraphs to mollie in your first question, i had read the story. i was shocked anew that they are even putting this possibility out there. you are telling me someone gets fully vaccinated and boosted and theyre a u.s. citizen and they want to come back to the united states they have to test before they get on the plane then a few d...

News, neil, from officials around here in trying to help people process that theres a new variant is to push existing vaccines and boosters. were told that this infected person is doing better. their symptoms are doing better. theyre considered if you recally vaccinated with two shots and quarantining in san francisco after a trip to south africa. >> this is what we call in medicine an n equals 1, which means that you really cant take anything away from a single patient. it is -- we feel good th...

>> not to my knowledge. >> and the cdc is considering having stricter testing requirements to get into the united states, but also re-testing to get back to the united states. would that have helped in this case if that was in place? >> im not so sure because this person did what we hoped others would do. they got off and as soon as they were symptomatic, they got tested and then it was positive. >> and those new requirements to be implemented -- >> thats obvious, all things thr that are being c...

>> reporter: okay. the cdc is considering having stricter testing requirements to get into the united states, a 24-hour window before taking off, and also having a period of retesting once you get back to the united states. would that have helped in this case if that was already in place? >> you know, im not so sure, because this person went and got tested as soon as they were symptomatic. >> reporter: when will those new guidelines for travelers be implemented? >> thats among all the things bei...

Debate with president biden. were you aware of that positive test at the time and do you think that he put then-candidate biden at risk in that debate? >> i certainly was not aware of his test positivity or negativity. >> reporter: do you think that he put then-candidate biden -- >> for anybody, if you test positive, you should be quarantining on yourself. >> reporter: if i may, president trumps doctor, who you worked with at the time, dr. sean conley, was aware that, according to mark meadows, ...